Sheet metal receptacle



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SHEET METAL RECEPTACLE Filed Jan. 17, 1950 HTTCIRNEY Patented Aug. 22, .1 933 UNETED STATES 1,923,742 SHEET METAL RECEPTACLE WVilliam Howard Nesbitt signor to Wheeling Wheeling, Virginia Wheeling, W. Va., as-

Corrugating Company,

W. Va., a Corporation of West Application January 17, 1930. Serial No. 421,431

2 Claims.

an attached bottom, the latter being of shallow l shape and havinginteriorly a concave, or rounded, curvature intermediate its substantially h rizontal and upright surfaces, whereby the cleansing of the bottom is facilitated.

In describing is herein had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a View of a garbage can partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, showing my invention; andc 'gure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary section of Referring to drawing, 1 designates the substantially cylindrical body portion of a sheet metal receptacle, said body being more or less of a conventional form employed in garbage cans and pails. Attached to the lower end of said body through the intermediacy of an annularlydisposed double seam 2 is the upper end of the substantially upright wall portion 3 of a one-piece sheet metal bottom. designated generally by the reference numeral 4. Said bottom, formed by a metal-pressing or drawing method well understood in the art, is of shallow bowl shape, having a substantially fiat base portion 5 and the aforesaid upright wall portion 3, the latte possessing substantial height, as shown. Intermediate said wall portion 3 and said substantially flat, or horizontal, portion said bottom 4 presents into riorly a concavely curved or rounded portion 6, without joint or seam, everypart of the surface of which is readily accessible for thorough cleansing.

A foot or base whereon the structure may rest is constituted by a sheet metal ring or band 7 which embraces the upright wall portion 3of the bottom 4 and which preferably has its upper edge located in more or less closely underlying relation to the externally-disposed double seam 2. Said band is pressed upward into closely embracing relation to said bottom and is rigidly secured to the latter, preferably by spot-welding, as indicated invention in detail, reference at 8. Said band has therein an inwardly pressed bead which occupies partially underlying relation to the curvedportion 6 of the receptacle bottom 4, as shown.

The lower portion of said band, or that portion located below said bead has a'skirt-like form extending downwardly below the level of the horizontal portion 5 of the bottom 4 to form a foot-like portion upon which the receptacle may rest. band may have the plain form shown or may be made of any other preferred form.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the structure embodies no bottom joint or abrupt angle in which particles of refuse material may find lodgement and that, therefore, the smooth interior-of the receptacle may readily be cleansed and kept in a sanitary condition.

What-is claimed is l. A sheet metal receptacle comprising -a substantially cylindrical body and a one-piece bottom, said bottom including a base portion and an upright cylindrical wall portion joined by an arcuately curved portion, saidwall portion being permanently seamedv to said body, and a sheet metal band attached to and occupying annularly embracing relation to said bottom, said band having its upper edge in underlying seated relation to said seam and being provided intermediate its upper and lower edges with an inwardly directed annular bead, arcuate in cross section disposed in conformably seated underlying relation to said curved portion of the bottom.

2. A sheet metal receptacle comprising a substantially cylindrical body and a bowl-shaped bottom, said bottom having a substantially horizontal base portion, a substantially upright cylindrical wall portion and a convexly curved or rounded portion intermediate said base and wall 9 affording a conportions, said curved portion tinuously smooth interior surface, the upper end of said wall portion being seamed to said body,

and a base comprising a sheet metal band at-.

tached in annularly embracing conformably seated relation to the upright wall and a substantial part of said curved portion of said bottom and havingits upper edge disposed in underlying seated relation to the bottom-attaching seam, said band having its lower edge portion depending below the level of the base portion of said'bottom, said lower edge portion having outwardly flared skirt form and constituting supporting means for the base portion.

WILLIAM HOWARD NESBITT.

The lower edge, or foot portion, of said I 

